Strategies for evaluating the Egyptian special economic zones

Document Type : Original Article

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Urban Planner- IT at general organization for physical planning

Abstract

Many countries have been able to maximize the benefit from the special economic zones and develop their economy rapidly. The ability of these areas to attract investments, increase exports, and create job opportunities, which reflects positively on economic and social goals, and these areas are characterized by their ease of connection with the outside world; Which contributed a great role in the transfer of advanced technology and the application of modern administrative systems, and among the most famous countries that have achieved successes in how to use these areas during the past forty years is China; Many countries are applying and using Chinese models, and despite this spread of these areas in many countries, they have shown mixed results. As a result of its lack of success in other countries, especially in African countries, including: the Arab Republic of Egypt, as a result of its exposure to many challenges and obstacles, the most important of which are: weak infrastructure networks, the absence of a follow-up, monitoring and development role, in addition to the absence of economic feasibility studies.

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